Uma demands relief for ryots

Monday, March 6, 2006, 11:58 [IST]

Bhopal, Mar 5 (UNI) Expelled BJP leader Uma Bharti has demanded that the Madhya Pradesh government provide immediate relief to farmers in view of extensive crop damage due to recent unseasonal hail in several places.

''This is basically an agriculture-based state and a large chunk of the population relies on farming income. This time round, peasants suffered loss first due to outages and then lack of 'mawthey' (winter precipitation). In such a situation, the government should forthwith conduct an emergency survey,'' she said in a statement issued here today.

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Lok Satta harps on local self-government

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Vijayawada, Mar 5 (UNI) Lok Satta National Convenor Jayaprakash Naraian today said local self-government held the key for people to have greater say in governance. Addressing a press meet here, Dr Narain said local self-government and panchayat Raj will enable women, SC, ST and weaker sections to have their say in administration thereby enabling changes to the system of governance. He appealed to youth to take interest and play active role in politics by contesting.....

Third Front must be viable alternative to UPA, NDA: CPI(M)

Monday, March 6, 2006,11:59 [IST]

Hyderabad, Mar 5 (UNI) Communist Party of India (Marxist) Andhra Pradesh Secretary B V Raghavulu today claimed that the possibility of a `Third Front' raised by TDP Supremo N Chandrababu Naidu and Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav did not have a broad-based policy to emerge as an alternative force to the ''existing fronts'' at the Centre. Talking to newspersons here, Mr Raghavulu said the CPI(M) would support an alternative front only.....

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MDMK departure from UPA was on the card: Congress

Monday, March 6, 2006,11:59 [IST]

Pondicherry, Mar 5 (UNI) AICC General Secretary V Narayanaswamy MP today said the exit of MDMK from the DPA was on the expected lines. Addressing a press conference here, he said Mr Vaiko, while in the DPA alliance was already in touch with AIADMK to forge an alliance, and it was known to Mr Karunanidhi also. Mr Narayanaswamy said Mr Vaiko will regret his decision later, since it was a usual practice for Ms Jayalalitha to.....

Security tightened for Sonia Gandhi's visit

Monday, March 6, 2006,11:59 [IST]

Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, Mar 5 (UNI) Hours ahead of Congress President Sonia Gandhi's visit, a blanket security cover has been thrown over the Tiruchirapalli city. Police personnel have been put on high alert and they have taken positions at vulnerable points in the city, especially around the airport, where Mrs Gandhi will make a visit to participate in the ninth state-level conference of the DMK. Mrs Gandhi's visit has assumed great significance against the backdrop of.....

Karunanidhi gets taste of traffic snarl

Monday, March 6, 2006,11:59 [IST]

Tiruchirapalli, Mar 5 (UNI) It took DMK President M Karunanidhi nearly three hours to cover a distance of seven km between his hotel and the venue of his party's conference because of a massive traffic jam today. He left his hotel to the conference venue near the airport, about seven km away, at 1500 hrs but within half-an-hour of leaving the hotel the DMK Chief got stuck in the jam which prevented him from moving even.....